Attention Parents and Community Members -
Muscatine will be hosting at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site on Friday, February 16, 2024 from 9:00am-2:00pm at MCC’s Career Advancement Center. VITA sites offer free tax preparation services for households earning $64,000 per year or less. Registration is required. To register, please contact Hilary at hilary@unitedwaymuscatine.org or 563-279-4237.
Thank you so much to the volunteers for making this possible!
Tomorrow at 6:00 pm in the High School Auditorium is the free screening of My Ascension: a documentary film to spread hope and fight suicide, followed by Q & A with local mental health advocates. This event is open to anyone who wishes to attend, we hope to see you there!
6th graders continue their study of the newspaper as part of their informational writing unit.
On Friday, February 2nd the West Liberty Middle School participated in a spelling bee that was sponsored by the Knights Of Columbus. Students in grades 5th, 6th and 7th had the option to participate. There were a total of 38 students who elected to participate. The top three students in each grade can advance to the regional bee which will be held in Cedar Rapids on February 18th. In 5th grade the winner was Jordan Escobedo with 2nd place going to Daniel Seemuth and 3rd place was David Anderson. In 6th grade the winner was Paola Acosta Rivera, 2nd place was Alex Simon and 3rd place was Iver Dong. In 7th grade the winner was Georgia Clark, 2nd place was Lili Anderson and 3rd went to Rachel Tharp.
Sandy Pistole of the WL Index came to 6th grade art to introduce advertisements and talk about the newspaper. 6th graders are researching local WL businesses then drawing. #WLMS
There will be a School Board meeting at 6:00 pm, Monday, February 5th in the Boardroom, 1103 N. Elm Street. The meeting will be broadcast live on the District's YouTube page, https://www.youtube.com/c/WestLibertyCSD. Please see the link below to view the agenda: https://drive.google.com/file/d/156tfWpCjFAic-n0p6IA0VAybIyLjk9w7/view?usp=sharing
Yesterday, seven high school students dissected sheep eyeballs. Students were able to look at the cornea, lens, iris, and retina. They asked excellent questions and really enjoyed the experience (although one student thought it was gross). #WLComets #science #dissection
The 2023-24 Cometeer theme is......
A Field of Dreams!!!
Yearbook orders are due March 1st! Use the link below to place your order today! https://yearbookforever.com/schools/west_liberty_high_school_325167/igypsDEQWdIeim0U0l8VZe5W?fbclid=IwAR2YvSknpY26W7jqO1jBwfBWd-Cby6SDz0FA0-IPgSWzt2t7wqUT9YfXckc
Silvia Garcia-Vasquez moves on to wrestle in the STATE FINALS in the 115 class!! #WLCometPride #girlswrestling
Hands-on Cooperative STEM Learning: Thanks to the Ryan Memorial Trust, students have been enjoying building with these kits since 2017! #WLMS
Here are our Main Event winners from the past two weeks!
Great job comets!
8th grade science fair exhibition - great job to all our Comets for their hard work! #WLMS
Annnnnd they’re off! Good luck at State Comet Girls Wrestling! 💪💪 #girlswrestling #statewrestling. Thank you West Liberty State Bank Office of South Ottumwa Savings Bank West Nutrition and Blaze Fitness for the send off goodies!
Fastest Class News! Congratulations to Mrs. Evans' 4th grade class! They ran the most average laps per student in 5 minutes in a school-wide challenge for K - 4th grade. They get to keep the Fastest Class Trophy in their classroom for the next 8 weeks until we complete the challenge again in the springtime!
The fastest class from each grade were:
K- Daufeldt
1st- Simon
2nd- Brown
3rd- Shimmin
4th- Evans (Fastest overall)
We’ve been busy in 3rd grade! Learning about light/rainbows with prisms and flashlights, learning about sound by testing out different pitches using boxes and rubber bands, and using Legos to understand area with different sized unit squares.
Congratulations to Dionni Garcia-Vasquez on signing her letter of intent to wrestle at Simpson College! #wlcometpride
The Comet Activity Network will now live stream games on Hudl TV! Games will no long stream on the WLCSD YouTube channel. Use the link below:
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/west-liberty/organization/9085/west-liberty--high-school
Did you know that February is Financial Aid Awareness Month? Thanks to Aligned Impact Muscatine County there are several upcoming FAFSA Events to get the assistance you need with the new FAFSA changes, or you can schedule an appointment to answer all of your questions!
Any guesses for this year's Yearbook theme? Yearbook orders are due March 1st! Use the link below to place your order today!
https://yearbookforever.com/schools/west_liberty_high_school_325167/igypsDEQWdIeim0U0l8VZe5W
8th graders have started working on their four year plans! Ms. Ramsey is coming over during Careers to help students plan for their high school years and beyond.
